First thing this morning, we walked over to the part of the beach where the fishermen come in with their catch. We had been warned that it might be slow on a Sunday morning, and indeed, we only saw one boat come in, and unload a fairly small load of fish. We came to Puerto […]
Snake Oil Salesmen
We woke up this morning in Salinas, prepared for a lazy morning before catching the bus to Puerto Lopez. With my brain still a bit fuzzy, I stepped into the shower… and found only a single faucet. No hot water?? Looking up, I found the infamous self-electrocution device I had read about, but never seen […]
The President Stole Our Van!
We made reservations a few days ago for a shared van at 9:00 this morning to take us from Cuenca to Guayaquil. From there, we planned on taking a public bus to Salinas. We arrived early for our van… and found the company closed with nobody around…? I called the phone number on the business […]
Luggage, Mercado de Animales & Thanksgiving
This was a pretty full day. Probably the biggest news for us was the final culmination of The Great Luggage Journey. We went out to the airport this morning to get Pauline’s luggage… only to be told it still wasn’t here and “will definitely be on the next flight from Quito.” Since this was our […]
One Pig, One Woman
Today started off with routine. Breakfast at home, followed by taking laundry 3 blocks to our favorite Laundromat. We then walked a few blocks to make reservations for a van to take us to Guayaquil on Friday (first stop on our trip to Salinas). The van took a couple of stops, since the first couple […]
Pauline Arrives… sans Luggage
This past weekend we noted that we visited an art friend’s home, and fell in love with it. We were wondering what the neighborhood would be like living in that part of town, so yesterday we took the Blue Bus for 25 cents to there and wandered the neighborhood. At first it appeared to be […]
Failed Canar Animal Market Tour
We had arranged for a tour driver to take us to Canar early this morning to see the Sunday Animal Market there, which is the supposed to be the largest in the region. Unfortunately, our driver did not understand what we were trying to photograph, and by the time we got there, it had pretty […]
Bad “Expat Day” & Good Pot Luck
This morning was the Second Annual Expat Day, in which the city of Cuenca holds a small festival (seems there is a festival every week here) for expats. The idea is to have expats meet local businesses, be welcomed to the city, etc. Unfortunately, whoever set it up is a moron… 🙁 Once the music […]
Healing & Ballerinas
After a lazy morning, we went into town for a $2.50 Almuerzos at Grecia, which consisted of vegetable soup, rice, fried banana, chicken and noodles. Evelyn liked it, though I found it a bit dry for my taste. After lunch, we went to the Rotary Centro Commercial market. Every Tuesday and Friday, healers come to […]
Churches and Jazz Society
Evelyn has drawing art classes on Thursday mornings, so I walked the 3 blocks to take in the week’s laundry. $3.58 for same-day wash & fold for all I can carry is such a deal that I don’t really want a washer/dryer in Cuenca! I decided to take a long route back home, exploring a […]
